The young and already accomplished actress Se-young Lee plays Soo-ah, a 13 year old girl who lives with her widowed mom in a town in Korea. Somewhat withdrawn and living in dreams, her main dream is that her real mom is a famous pop singer. She daydreams about her speaking directly to her. Soo-ah falls in with a delinquent schoolgirl, and after a tense argument with her mom, blurts out that she is not her real mom. She runs away on a train to Seoul to see her "real mom" at a concert and be with her. Se-young Lee is a major talent. She speaks volumes with her expressions. You want her to be happy and well adjusted, so you get to understand the depths of her longing for something different. The pace is kind of slow moving, but thats necessary. Some of the cinematography is wonderful, and the films becomes not only better with time, but heartwarming and emotional in all the right ways. Good acting by everyone else, terrific job by Se-young Lee. Highly recommended.
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